infer
verb (used with object)
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence.
had inferred
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past perfectof infer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Severs had inferred from White that it was the prime suspects.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
I could see him moody, difficult, irritable perhaps, but not angry as she had inferred, not passionate.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Probably his father had been accurate in his statements, even though wrong in what he had inferred.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by Basil King
The room, as Ruyler had inferred, was Mrs. Thornton's winter boudoir, a gorgeous room of yellow brocade and oriental stuffs.
From The Avalanche by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
They had read her stories, but as she had been the subject of no publicity whatever they had inferred that, like many another, she had dwelt in their midst only long enough to acquire material.
From The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
